Single-pixel three-dimensional imaging with time-based depth resolution

Ming-Jie Sun (), Matthew P. Edgar, Graham M. Gibson, Baoqing Sun, Neal Radwell, Robert Lamb and Miles J. Padgett ()
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Ming-Jie Sun: Beihang University
Matthew P. Edgar: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Graham M. Gibson: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Baoqing Sun: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Neal Radwell: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow
Robert Lamb: Selex ES
Miles J. Padgett: SUPA, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Glasgow

Nature Communications, 2016, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Time-of-flight three-dimensional imaging is an important tool for applications such as object recognition and remote sensing. Conventional time-of-flight three-dimensional imaging systems frequently use a raster scanned laser to measure the range of each pixel in the scene sequentially. Here we show a modified time-of-flight three-dimensional imaging system, which can use compressed sensing techniques to reduce acquisition times, whilst distributing the optical illumination over the full field of view. Our system is based on a single-pixel camera using short-pulsed structured illumination and a high-speed photodiode, and is capable of reconstructing 128 × 128-pixel resolution three-dimensional scenes to an accuracy of ∼3 mm at a range of ∼5 m. Furthermore, by using a compressive sampling strategy, we demonstrate continuous real-time three-dimensional video with a frame-rate up to 12 Hz. The simplicity of the system hardware could enable low-cost three-dimensional imaging devices for precision ranging at wavelengths beyond the visible spectrum.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1038/ncomms12010

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